I think it *looks* good, but it's only 47 - why?

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   Anita Revelposted 14 years ago

   OK so I'm new at this, so I don't understand jargon like "back-link" and stuff. If you're going to advise me (thank you!!!) that I need back-links please explain what that is, m'ok?
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Stop-Toxic-Thinking
   
   Thanks in advance for your help
   :-)
   Anita

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      IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Maybe the problem is that this hub is very similar to the one here:http://www.acap.edu.au/PDF/GoodThinkingArticle.pdf
      
      Now that is maybe you who authored it; that was also written by an Anita.
      But it still counts as duplicate content as far as Hubpages is concerned.
      Consider re-writing the parts that are similar and the individual hub score should go up

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   myownworldposted 14 years ago

   I just saw your hub...wow..that's pretty impressive for a beginner!!! I'll try to find a thread on backlinks that was going on here lately.
   
   Meanwhile, welcome here! I'm sure you'll do very well...

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      Anita Revelposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you! I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I like it to look nice ;-)
      
      Now I'm interested in how to make it functional and profitable too - it took a long time to research and write.

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         Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Anita, are you the same person who wrote the PDF? perhaps you should read it if you are not. It was published 2006, I believe.
         
         
         http://www.acap.edu.au/PDF/GoodThinkingArticle.pdf
         
         
         That's the link. You may want to compare if you are refurbishing an article you wrote before that is allowed, but you may have to change it up a bit.

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            Anita Revelposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks Fay, they have published that without permission. I have requested they remove it and link to the hub instead. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I had no idea it was there.

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   Justine76posted 14 years ago

   The score (I think thats what you mean?) almost always starts to at 49 or 50.
   it goes up after a while, dont worry.
   
   http://hubpages.com/topics/hubpages/2848
   
   its alot to read..but theres alot there!!

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   myownworldposted 14 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/35169
   
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/35761
   
   both have great info! It's good to be a perfectionist...best of luck with everything!

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   skyfireposted 14 years ago

   I just noticed that Hubpages made changes to forum. Now forum URL's are nofollow, so no link juice.

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      Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      how do I get my amazon affiliate code?

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         myownworldposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         do you mean Id?
         
         http://hubpages.com/faq/#amazon
         
         have you followed these steps?

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         skyfireposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         You mean amazon affiliate code ? Follow the steps :
         
         http://hubpages.com/faq/#amazon
         
         You need to register to get code.

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            Faybe Bayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks I didn't click on the right part and got all messed up. I'll get it right this time.

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               Anita Revelposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               I registered for Amazon years ago when i could write my own user name. Now they give a generated number followed by a dash with 2 digits. Mine doesn't look like that. I'm worried b/c the affiliate wizard gave me a warning that my amazon code doesn't look right. Sigh

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      Maddie Ruudposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Just in this forum (the Extreme Hub Makeover forum).  That's why this is the only place you're allowed to post links to your own hubs.

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   IzzyMposted 14 years ago

   My link didn't work because I forgot to leave a space between the : and the http.
   No worries, can still copy/paste.
   I'm convinced Anita wrote the original anyway

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      Anita Revelposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Izzy, yes the article is mine. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I didn't know they had published it online (without permission mind you).

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   kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

   I have found that those hubs I write but do not publish straight away can climb in score unpublished. I have one sitting there with virtually no text yet it hit a score of 70 this morning! I kinda would love to have it be at like 80 at the time of it being published even tho I bet that isn't actually possible but if it were... wow how cool would that be

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      Anita Revelposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      ooooooooohhhhhh now there's a good tip! LOL

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   Internetwriter62posted 14 years ago

   Look that is no reflection on you, I looked at your hub and its excellent, it has a good length, great graphics, and sectioned for easy reading. Fantastic format. When published they never give me, more than a 51 and it is very discouraging at times, but guess what , my scores surge up to in 80 sometimes, in less than a day. I saw that right now you have score of seventy for your article, so you are already moving up. So keep up the good work Anita, before you know it you will have your 100 score hub.

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